18 de mayo

 We have some new classmates these days.  Check out our Painted Lady Caterpillars.

New Spanish vocabulary

caterpillar - oruga

food - comida

eggs - huevos

chrysalis - crisálida

butterfly - mariposa

Here are some examples of activities we have been working on over the past week.

Drawing different quantities of mariposas (butterflies), ladybugs (mariquitas) and bumblebees (abejorros) and then writing about the drawing.  "Yo veo 4 mariposas" (I see 4 butterflies)

Drawing the houses of the 3 Little Pigs in order.

Building CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) words.

Representing different ways to show 10 using double sided counters.

25 de mayo

 This week, we spent a lot of time learning about the Life Cycle of the Butterfly.

Huevo - egg

Oruga - caterpillar

Crisálida - chrysalis

Mariposa - butterfly.

In just one week, we now have some caterpillars hanging in a J, and some have changed to chrysalids.

We also worked on making a house out of sticks, like the second little pig from "Los 3 cerditos" (The Three Pigs)

In math, we showed 10 wheels by using a combination of unicycles, bicycles and tricycles.

And 8 dots on a ladybug in different ways.

Oh, and we started inline skating!  WOW

10 de mayo

 Here are some links to some new videos we have been learning from.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhNi7f4AzmU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpo6tXNFXgM

Check out our beautiful cherry blossom trees!  Ask your child what materials we used to make these trees.

Below is some Spring vocabulary we have been practicing in Spanish.  Most of these words have been encountered throughout the year.  Next week I will be asse

Alien Inline Schedule

 

We will be Inline Skating on Wednesdays; May 24, May 31, June 7, June 14, June 21.  If your child has a helmet they would like to wear for this activity, please send it on these dates.  

Thanks!

FANCY DRESS DAY

 Tomorrow is Fancy Dress Day!  Use your imagination and whatever is in the closet and see you tomorrow.  :)

9 de mayo - Alien Inline Skating forms

 Alien Inline Skating forms will be passed out tomorrow as I forgot to do so yesterday.  Whoops!

3 de mayo

 We have been working hard on a number of math (making 10) and literacy centers.  Check out some of these examples.

Making ten with interlocking cubes.

Representing ten with PlusPlus pieces.

Showing 10 with buttons using sizes and different colours.

Showing ten with double sided counters.

Symmetrical bird and butterfly designs.

Matching cubes to ten frame cards.

Representing a part of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

Recording CVC words (consonant, vowel, consonant)

Building CVC words with letters of different fonts.

HOMEWORK

 Please ensure your child has their 3-D shape in their backpack on Monday, May 8.  Thank you!  Below is the original post from last week's blog.

 We will begin learning about 3-D shapes next week.  Please have your child bring an object LABELLED WITH THEIR NAME that is representative of one of the shapes on the chart above.  We will discussing these shapes, sorting them and graphing them.